#carbon-monoxide-poisoning

#carbon-monoxide-poisoning

A 40-year-old man has died and his wife left seriously ill after a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a holiday home in Spain, according to reports.Jaime Carsi and Mary Somerville, from Edinburgh, were discovered by the emergency services at a house in rural Mallorca on Saturday.Their friends raised the alarm with local police after the couple failed to show up to a planned boat trip, according to local newspaper Ultima Hora.

The two people found dead Monday in the parking lot of the Lockport Walmart were identified Wednesday, but as their autopsies are pending police said it appears the deaths were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.Lockport deputy police Chief Ron Huff said Wednesday the determination is based on the condition of the vehicle and lack of physical evidence of drug use.

Two people were found dead Monday inside a vehicle parked in the Lockport Walmart parking lot, police said.At 5:45 p.m., police received a call for two unresponsive people in a vehicle at Walmart, 16241 S. Farrell Road, Lockport deputy police Chief Ron Huff said.Officers found a 53-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman inside the vehicle who "appeared to have been sleeping in the vehicle," Huff said.

A cold weather alert has been issued for parts of Los Angeles County that are expected to dip into freezing conditions this week.Lancaster, Mt.Wilson, Pomona, the Santa Clarita Valley and Woodland Hills are expected to dip under 32 degrees this week, continuing in most areas until Friday, officials said.

With wind-chill temperatures expected to fall below 32 degrees, Los Angeles public health officials issued a cold weather alert Saturday to warn residents to bundle up, check on loved ones and bring pets inside.The chilly conditions will ease up midweek across the region, with a warming trend driving temperatures well above average for the Christmas weekend.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has issued cold weather alerts for parts of the county this week because of concerns about frigid temperatures and biting wind chills.A cold weather alert is in effect from Wednesday until Friday for the Santa Clarita Valley.Lancaster and Mount Wilson are under a cold weather alert through Sunday.

Los Angeles County health officials on Sunday issued a cold weather alert for what's expected to be a chilly week in Southern California.Starting Monday, wind chill temperatures are expected to drop below freezing in the Antelope and Santa Clarita valleys, as well as the San Gabriel Mountains, according to the L.A. County Department of Public Health.

The son of a firefighter who died trying to rescue a woman trapped in a blaze 50 years ago has said he is proud and overwhelmed to see his memory honoured with a special plaque.Adrian McGill, who was 34 and a father-of-three, is thought to have given the woman his oxygen mask in an attempt to save her life in the fire in Glasgow on November 18 1972.

Ukraine warns of a new wave of Russian strikes.A Ukrainian soldier making his way through the rubble of a building in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, last week.Credit...Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Ukrainian officials are warning that Russia is preparing to unleash a new wave of strikes, even as utility crews work to restore power supplies devastated by recent bombardments and as increasingly frigid weather presents new challenges on the battlefield.

Increasingly frigid winter weather presented new challenges for Ukraine on Sunday as mud churned up the battlefield and snowfall made the government's task of restoring power supplies devastated by weeks of Russian bombing all the more urgent.The state energy company, Ukrenergo, said that there was enough electricity to cover 80 percent of the country's consumption needs because nuclear power stations, disconnected from the national grid by Russian attacks last week, had been brought back online.